Drip Dispersal Controls: Perc-Rite® Residential

Float Switches

The Perc-Rite® system control panel is equipped with three or four float switches and controls the timed doses to be discharged. The four float switches are:

• Redundant Off
• Standard Dose Enable
• Peak Dose Enable (optional)
• High Level

The water level in the pump tank must be high enough to overcome the “Redundant Off” (Bottom) float for the pump to run. When the water level rises, overcoming the “Dose Enable” (second) float and the timer is in a dose enable mode, the cycle will initiate. The pump will activate and automatically flush the disc filter(s), then dose the lead zone. The pump will continue to run for the length of time as set on the pump run timer to provide a complete dose. The system will remain off until the preprogrammed off timer enters a new cycle enable mode, at which time the control will activate another cycle and dose the next zone (as long as the “Dose Enable” float is up). This process will continue until the water level drops below the “Dose Enable” float and the pump run timer has timed out.

Each zone will automatically receive a field flush each week to clean the drip tubing.

The control system may be equipped with an optional peak enable circuit to manage peak flows and excess water use. If the water level rises enough to overcome the “peak enable” (third) float and the peak enable selector switch is on, the system will be cycled at the peak rate. The system will continue to cycle at an increased rate until the peak enable float is deactivated. In the event that the water level continues to rise enough to overcome the “High Level” (fourth) float, the audio/visual alarm will be activated.